A better Python REPL – bpython vs python interpreter

A quick Python tutorial video that demonstrates "bpython", an awesome alternative Python interpreter.

Compared to the vanilla Python interpreter bpython knows a few extra tricks like: syntax highlighting, auto indent (yay!), and auto completion.

Bpython is somewhat similar to the IPython REPL, but personally I like it better. It's nimble and fast and a joy to program with.

Check it out, it’s a really great tool!

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[robertanthonyfarrell]

Haha, did a quick vanity search on youtube, it's pretty strange seeing complete strangers making videos about this. Thanks for taking the time to make and share this ! -Bob (the "b" in bpython).

[derrickk]

I cannot believe I waited this long to install bpython. Thanks Dan!

[corypollard]

Thanks for the video, learned a few new things about bPython

[harrytsang]

See syntax highlighting: okay, go on

See autocomplete: installed and created alias to replace python

[PedramBadakhchani]

thanks for this tip, on OSX to get this working with python 3.x I used:
python3 -m pip install bpython

then to specify which version of Python to use :
python3 -m bpython

[iftekharjoy]

I really need this.But I don't know anything about Bpython.No one tells me.That's awesome.You save me.

[larseneivind]

do you know if this can be made to work with sublimeREPL? i have been testing it some but have not been able to get it working.
I use this in my config, changing it to bpython with -i did not work.
cmd": ["python3.6", "-u", "-i", "$file_basename"]

[LucasSzczepaniki]

Hello Dan
Let me start by thanking you for all the great tips and tricks, It's been a huge help for me lately and I'd say that it helped me understand python a lot better than a lot of internet courses/tutorials that I've tried before.

So, here's my question:

Is it possible to configure bpython as pycharm's project interpreter ? I've tried a few things myself and searched a bit around google, but to no avail..

I've seen that you're all for sublime instead of IDEs like pycharm, and I'm actually testing out atom to see if I can make the switch to it, but for now I'm still using pycharm because I'm fairly accustomed to it.

Thank you again for taking your time to make these awesome videos/content in general to help people out.
Much love from Brazil,
Cheers.

[DhineshDV]

I literally thought this is just an another editor.
But this is different. Especially that rewind thing.. :p

[ralphk]

bpython looks awesome, thanks for the great video. Also ‘ipyhton’ has very similar functionality and has been around forever.

[RonWaller]

Dan are you using Oh My Zsh or just zsh in your terminal? just curious

[brockalicousmerk]

hmmm i seem to be having issues. do you by any chance know how to get it to run with out using python3 -m bpython and just use bpython i am using zsh shell on 18.04 of ubuntu gnome

[bholaprasad]

Hi Dan, how did you changed the theme of your terminal? It's really looking amazing. Can you tell me how can i do it?

[valda]

what is better in 2020? bpython or ptpython?

[animalslife]

Hi!. Do you have tutorial how to set up bpython on Windows? Thanks.

[brotherlui]

Hi Dan, nice intro to BPython but; it´s not available for Windows, several unix-only modules still missing and i didn´t find any serious talking if or when these will be converted, sadly. So atm this is a unix-only gadget.

[abdulelahaljeffery]

ipython is cool too ... and it works on windows cmd

[BrendanMetcalfe]

Definitely recommend bpython over ipython

[christopher]

I thought the vanilla interpreter was called IDLE not REPL; I think I'm confusing something ?